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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Carl on January 21, 2016, 02:07:08 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027550390
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 11:38 AM
redgreenandblue (1,582 posts)
Dear DU: Please stop echoing the European far right when it comes to immigration.
As a German/American dual citizen who is currently in Germany, it pains me to see fellow liberals go places where even the xenophobe wing of the German Christian Democrats won't go in public. I know most people mean well, but it looks foolish.
No, there isn't a wave of crimes committed by immigrants against Germans. And no, the government, the police and the media are not conspiring to make the crisis look less bad than it is.
The truth of the matter is:
1) Immigrants/refugees are no less likely than Germans to commit crimes.
2) Right now there are about 30 suspects concerning the attacks in Cologne. Much less than the the three to four digit figures that get thrown around.
Contrast that to over 900 attacks against refugee homes so far. (why is no one talking about that??)
3) Problems stemming from differences of "culture" are mild.
4) Germany can handle it. Really. There is in fact not much of a crisis to be seen. Life goes on as normal except for the occasional remark in the news.
5) Except for the usual suspects (non-nazis, xenophobes, hoolingan who like to set shit on fire) not many people are flipping the **** out, so Americans shouldn't either. Lots of young people are in fact volunteering to help out.
Please please don`t trust what you see with your own eyes.
Eat shit and die you mother****ing terrorist lover. :bird:
Response to redgreenandblue (Original post)
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 11:44 AM
Bad Dog (126 posts)
2. Blaming some PC cover up.
Is a lot easier than confronting one's own bigotry. You're right, supposed American liberals are using the same rhetoric as far right Europeans.
Response to redgreenandblue (Original post)
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 11:51 AM
mwrguy (2,622 posts)
5. The amount of anti-refugee bigotry on here has been astounding
Thanks for posting this.
Response to mwrguy (Reply #5)
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 01:13 PM
eissa (3,226 posts)
13. Some of the posts would make the likes of LePen and Trump proud
Are there some bad apples? No doubt. In those cases, send them back. But to generalize about ALL immigrants, many of whom are war refugees fleeing atrocities, is a stretch.
Response to redgreenandblue (Original post)
Thu Jan 21, 2016, 12:10 PM
Star Member closeupready (27,324 posts)
7. I suspect like me, most on DU agree with you, and simply trash most threads
involving immigration discussions.
So while it may appear at times like DU supports far right responses to immigration, do not be deceived - I refuse to talk with bigots, racists, and Islamophobes. See how easy that is? Just don't get involved here, simples.
K&R
Hell is too good for you and your beloved muzzie monsters.
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:banghead: If something is true, why do the politics of the messenger matter? :banghead: